Orbits

Posted in: Comics, Heritage Sponsored, Vintage Paper | Tagged: John Buscema, Romance ComicsJohn Buscema did significant work for publisher Orbit from 1950 to 1953, including several covers for their romance comic book line.Article Summary Explore John Buscema's early foray into comics with Orbit's Love Diary #31 cover art. Discover the pivotal role of Buscema from 1951-1953 across several Orbit titles Uncover Orbit's unique history, led by one of the few female industry leaders. Legendary comic…

The Cygnus spacecraft, laden with scientific and crew supplies, is en route to the ISS. It will be received and installed by NASA engineers, followed by unloading and research activities. The Expedition 70 and Ax-3 crews are engaged in extensive research, health monitoring, and station maintenance, contributing to ongoing space exploration efforts. Credit: NASANorthrop Grumman’s Cygnus space freighter is orbiting Earth today carrying science and supplies to the International Space Station (ISS) for delivery on Thursday…

An international team of astronomers has announced the discovery of a second planet in a rare multiplanetary circumbinary system, known as BEBOP-1 or TOI-1338. Named BEBOP-1c, this planet was discovered using the Doppler method, where the mass of the planet is determined by measuring the velocity of stars. BEBOP-1c has an orbital period of 215 days and a mass 65 times larger than Earth.An international team of astronomers has announced the second-ever discovery of a multiplanetary circumbinary system.Astronomers at the…

via Disney As much as Disney tries to claim its streaming service isn’t overly-reliant on Star Wars and the Marvel Cinematic Universe when it comes to original content, a stronger argument would be made had the company not essentially shoved Crater out onto the Disney Plus content library without bothering to tell anyone it was even there. For an effects-heavy intergalactic adventure with a budget north of $50 million, the distinct lack of a marketing campaign made it feel as though the Mouse House couldn’t…

“I definitely believe that a large part of it as a space enthusiast.” That’s what Matthew Brown told CNBC on March 23, when asked why he was considering a $200 million investment into Virgin Orbit, a nearly bankrupt rocket company.He Tossed His Bitcoin, Now He Wants It BackA week later, that deal collapsed, and Virgin Orbit, which had begun to bring employees back to work in expectation of new funding, is facing the end. The company has ceased operations and will lay off some 675 employees, CEO Dan Hart said in a meeting…

Virgin Orbit’s Cosmic Girl, carrying the LauncherOne rocket, taking off from the UK’s Spaceport Cornwall.Photo: Ben Birchall (AP)After failing to reach orbit and deliver seven payloads on board, Virgin Orbit’s LauncherOne rocket fell back to Earth towards its fiery doom. The rocket’s hellish descent was captured on video, revealing the unfortunate journey back from space.Ramón López, an observer at the Spanish Meteor Network, caught the rocket reentering Earth’s atmosphere from Lanzarote, one of the Canary Islands off the…

Virgin Orbit’s attempt to become the first spaceflight company to launch an orbital rocket from Western Europe has ended in failure. Billed as a breakthrough mission for the U.K.’s space sector, Virgin Orbit’s modified Boeing 747 jet, called Cosmic Girl, took off from Spaceport Cornwall about 215 miles west of London late on Monday evening local time (late afternoon ET). Once Cosmic Girl reached 30,000 feet, it released the Launcher One rocket carrying nine small satellites for various commercial customers. In a…

The view of northwest Sudan from the International Space Station, which operates in low Earth orbit.Photo: NASAThe place we call space officially starts about 60 miles (100 kilometers) above the surface, a delineation known as the Kármán line. But that’s not a feasible altitude for orbit, owing to atmospheric drag. To reach orbit, an object must ascend to altitudes starting at around 100 miles (160 km) above the surface. This is the lowest possible boundary of low Earth orbit, or LEO, which extends to a maximum altitude…

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has renamed the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) Mark -III as Launch Vehicle Mark-III, mainly to identify its task of placing satellites into a variety of orbits. The LVM3 rocket will also be used for India's maiden human space flight tentatively scheduled for late 2024 and is also emerging as a favourite for ISRO's commercial launches after the successful placing in orbits of 36 OneWeb satellites on Sunday."Earlier, the launch vehicles were named for a specific…

Step by step walkthrough on using MATLAB to determine how a spacecraft moves under the influence of a larger body’s gravityTwo-Body Orbit Animated Orbital mechanics (or astrodynamics) involves applying Newton’s laws of motion and the universal law of gravitation to spacecraft (such as rockets and satellites). It is used by mission planners to predict the motion of spacecraft under the influence of gravity, thrusts, and other forces. The topic of this article is the two-body problem. This is a subcategory of astrodynamics,…